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- Document Locator Helps BMA Improve Collaboration, Manage Project Files
- BMA's projects are team-based, so team members need to share information to collaborate effectively on projects. Also, the nature of the business means that sometimes new team members are brought in midway through a project, or team members are changed. The system BMA was using - folders on a shared...
- Tags: Team, Collaboration, Team Member, ColumbiaSoft, BMA, Team Management, File Servers, Management, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2007-11-01
- Effective Management in the Matrix Organization
- Instantly save $500 off the standard course price when you register on TechRepublic or ZDNet! Offer ends April 30, 2008.View Available Dates and Locations Most organizations operate in a collaborative, cross-functional environment. This hands-on course will improve your ability to deliver cross-departmental projects by introducing you...
- Tags: Team, Dallas, Schaumburg, Washington, New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Team Member, Team Management, Organizational Structure, Management, Human Resources
- Training 2008-04-01
- Don't wait to address performance problems on a project
- Most project managers have had to deal with performance problems on a project at one point in their careers. Such issues are usually uncomfortable adventures for the project manager. This uncomfortable feeling usually has two causes: The project manager is usually not the functional manager of the...
- Tags: Team, Performance, Project Manager, Performance Problem, Team Member, Team Management, Performance Management, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Tom Mochal
- Blog posts 2008-03-25
- Mindquarry Collaboration Server (exe)
- Mindquarry offers tools for productive teamwork in the enterprise. The Mindquarry Collaboration Server allows project managers to create teams and add team members. All team members then have access to a repository of shared files that can be synchronized to the local desktop computer for offline work, a Wiki for...
- Tags: Team, Team Member, Mindquarry, Mindquarry Collaboration Server, Team Management, Management
- Software downloads 2007-08-13
- Is stress impacting your team?
- It is generally understood that stress can be both good and bad. Positive or good stress can help make life interesting and helps us do a good job. Stress can be a source of positive motivation to succeed or it can be a dark cloud that hinders morale, relationships and...
- Tags: Team, Health Care, Stress, Team Member, Team Management, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Wayne L. Anderson
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
- 10 tips for managing virtual teams
- Most everyone works in a team environment. It has always been understood that the most effective teams are those located together. In fact, many managers decide to co-locate their team after reorganization, even though the constant churn of people moving from place to place is seen by others as unproductive.Against...
- Tags: Team, Virtual Team, Technology, Team Member, Team Management, Management, Tom Mochal
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
- 10 tips for meeting IT project deadlines
- Erratic and poorly estimated timelines, scope creep, unexpected staff illnesses, and supplier failures are just a few of the things that could and probably will go wrong with your project. And because time is today the most common metric to measure efficiency, the schedule delays caused by these events can...
- Tags: Project, Team, Information Technology, Activity, Team Member, Team Management, Project Management, Workforce Management, Strategy, Management, It Operations, It service Management, Human Resources, TechRepublic
- Blog posts 2007-11-06
- 10 challenging types of techies... and how to manage them
- It's wrong to stereotype people. It isn't wrong, however, to recognize classifications of the team members you deal with every day. Many of the types of techies identified below may seem familiar to veteran IT managers. My ideas on how to work effectively with each type follow the descriptions. ...
- Tags: Strategy, Team, Techie, Team Member, Team Management, Management, TechRepublic
- Blog posts 2007-10-09
- How to deal with a personnel problem on your project team when you're not the functional manager
- Frequently, a person's talents drive him to work in certain areas where he excels. In other cases, the individual talents of a person and the job he performs are not aligned. Sometimes this lack of alignment can be overcome with hard work and motivation. Unfortunately, sometimes the gap can't be...
- Tags: Team, Performance, Team Member, Team Management, Performance Management, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Tom Mochal
- Blog posts 2007-09-24
- Facilitate a meeting to define what success looks like for your project
- Although most projects start enthusiastically, optimism fades quickly unless an analysis and design team gets traction and learns where it is going. Working from a project charter, the team's next step is defining typically, "What does success look like?" These high-level requirements help clarify the project's vision and give the...
- Tags: Project, Team, Requirement, Team Member, Team Management, Management, Joe Goss
- Blog posts 2007-09-25
- Beware of when "completed" activities aren't really completed
- One of the primary responsibilities of a project manager is to assign work to team members and then monitor the work to see that it is completed on schedule. It's important that team members understand the work to be completed, the estimated effort, the estimated cost if applicable and the...
- Tags: Deliverable, Team, Team Member, Tom Mochal
- Blog posts 2007-08-06
- Getting beyond the 'bull' perception
- Once there was a cattle rancher who had a problem: his cows hadn't borne any calves for a long time. He hired various bulls to do the job, but even though they appeared to work fervently at their task, nothing was ever produced.One day the cattle rancher...
- Tags: Team, Cow, Consultant, Bull, Team Member, Chip Camden
- Blog posts 2007-08-06
- Use special project management techniques for dispersed teams
- In the past, a project team almost always resided in one location. The reason is obvious: it wasn't easy to communicate and collaborate with people who were not in the same physical location. Although it's still common for a project team to be in relative close proximity, it's not out...
- Tags: Project Management, Technique, Team, Team Member, Tom Mochal
- Blog posts 2007-08-06
- Don't give up on team morale problems
- Project managers should keep their eyes open for morale problems and look for ways to turn things around. Here are some suggestions. Have you been the project manager for a team that had poor morale? I'm not referring to one malcontent. I'm talking about a team that has...
- Tags: Tom Mochal, Team management, Project management, morale, poor morale, team, morale problem, sure people, job, Project Management Newsletter, Project Manager, Team Member, Management
- Technical articles 2007-04-17
- Validate work estimates with team members before holding them accountable
- If a team member joins the projects after estimates have been established, it may be unfair to expect him to comply with the deadlines. One of the primary responsibilities of a project manager is to build a project schedule and assign activities from the schedule to team ...
- Tags: Tom Mochal, Team management, team member, team, Project Management Newsletter, Estimate, Management
- Technical articles 2007-01-22
- Follow these six steps when providing constructive performance feedback
- When you need to provide team members with feedback, it's usually a breeze when their performance is up to snuff. However, if an employee requires constructive feedback, it can be a delicate situation. Check out Tom Mochal's tips on how to approach these one-on-one meetings. The role of the...
- Tags: Tom Mochal, Team management, Performance management, team member, team, performance feedback, performance, Project Management Newsletter, Employee, Feedback, Project Manager, Criticism, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Technical articles 2006-08-08
- Role of cross culture communication in software project suceess
- Q.1 How do the listed cross cultural communication input variables affect the likelihood of software project success?Communication : Language, Non verbal communication, trust among team membersGeographical :Time and space differences, eating habitsDiversity in :Culture , Socio-economic, Religious, Political environmentOther :Type of leadership, Transfer of knowledgeQ.2 Which process...
- Tags: cross cultural communication, project management, sbvshrn@..., software
- Discussion threads 2007-01-12
- Use this action item log to keep project team meetings on task
- This form is designed to help managers keep track of tasks and the team members who are responsible for completing them. How many times has this happened to you? You attend a meeting where members of a project team have enthusiastically volunteered to complete a variety of...
- Tags: Team, Team Member, Team Management, Management
- Tools & templates 2006-02-10
- Clarify project work assignments with the help of this checklist
- If you ask project team members what they're responsible for completing in the next two weeks and their answers aren't what you expect, it might be time to examine how clear and thorough your instructions are. One of the basic responsibilities of the project manager is to...
- Tags: Team, Clarify, Team Member, Team Management, Management
- Tools & templates 2006-02-07
- Manage your team according to the situation
- Are you a laid-back manager? Are you a micromanager? Sometimes you have to be both, depending on the circumstances. Are you a micromanager that gets overly involved in the work of the team? Or are you a laid-back project manager that assigns work and then lets team members...
- Tags: Tom Mochal, Team management, team, team member, micromanager, Project Management Newsletter, Work, Project Manager, Management
- Technical articles 2006-03-13
